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stevenford_uk

 posted on 22nd Feb 05 at 11:48

i am smoothing mine by grinding the scuttle up so it is rough, plastering it in xpanding foam, smooth that off near enough with grinder or sander, then go over it with a few sheets of fibreglass then sand and filler, that way it will stay reasonably light, its not load bearing so it wont pop out, it will be hard as fook and a perfect job.


RKS

 posted on 20th Feb 05 at 17:05

quote:
Originally posted by IntaCepta
would really bother buying a smooth scuttle, as it probably be a terrible fit.

Best thing to do is, smooth the existing standard scuttle, as your guarenteed a perfect fit.


I just fitted one that i bought from ebay, fit wasnt too bad, it took me the biggest part of the day to fit it tho and it still needs spraying


RichR

 posted on 20th Feb 05 at 12:15

wouldnt use P40 or P38 at all - but thats cause Ive got a roll of low GSM matt - a gallon or so of resin and I'll make my own filler with balloon inhibitors

but p40/p38 is a good alternative - watch p40 tho - cause its almost impossible to sand - really needs grinding flat


Drew

 posted on 20th Feb 05 at 02:18

quote:
Originally posted by IntaCepta


Best thing to do is, smooth the existing standard scuttle, as your guarenteed a perfect fit.



this is correct

quote:
Originally posted by CRB 553
halfords p40, then p38, then highbuild, then finish


aain correct, but i would use p40 as much as u can, so you only need a very tony amount of p38 just to fill out and small indentations :)


CRB 553

 posted on 21st Apr 04 at 20:36

halfords p40, then p38, then highbuild, then finish


Greg_M

 posted on 29th Dec 03 at 19:01

how easy is it to smooth? what filler do you use?


STEvieXE

 posted on 29th Dec 03 at 16:15

ive got a smooth scuttle. got it at start when pvd first got them and they were terrible. sold me mine cheap coz it needed alot of work to get it rite. its not on the car. my m8s dad had his own carbon fibre moulding company and i was thinkin of askin him how much it would cost for him to make a carbon smooth scuttle. think that would look the dogs with silver paintwork...


IntaCepta

 posted on 29th Dec 03 at 15:05

would really bother buying a smooth scuttle, as it probably be a terrible fit.

Best thing to do is, smooth the existing standard scuttle, as your guarenteed a perfect fit.


Greg_M

 posted on 29th Dec 03 at 12:51

i just want suttle, so i mite just colour code it now and then smooth it later if i buy one


sfxer

 posted on 29th Dec 03 at 12:48

well depends what you prefer my man,

ccm sell a smoothed panel for 50 notes.

looks good either way in my opinion


Greg_M

 posted on 29th Dec 03 at 12:44

is it worth smoothing it, or shall i just colour code it